Posted on 05/29/2025 2:10:25 PM PDT by lowbridge
A Maryland teen busted for allegedly breaking into 121 cars in a single night was ordered released within hours — and irate local police say more than a dozen more cars were looted the next day.
The suspect — a 16-year-old boy — was arrested late last week by the Laurel Police Department after dozens of auto break-in reports came pouring into their office on the morning of May 4.
The crimes spanned Laurel, surrounding part of Prince George’s County and nearby Howard County, with surveillance footage from across the area capturing a gang of three teens roving around in a stolen car and smashing open the windows of whatever vehicles they came across.
“They were just simply going through neighborhoods and targets of opportunity, breaking into cars,” Laurel Police Chief Russ Hamill told News4. “If there was something in there, they’d steal. If there was nothing in there, they’d move to another car.”
An investigation led police to the teenage suspect’s home, where nearly 20 car keys, credit cars, and other stolen items that “managed to link him to all 121 events throughout the region,” Hamill said in a news conference Wednesday.
“I would like to tell you that’s the end of the story there. But that’s not the end of the story,” Hamill added.
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Give him a rap on the knuckles. With an eight-pound sledge. Both hands.
This is where 39 stripes is called for. Not on the back on the hind end so he can’t sit for a year!
Liberals in charge.
Though I would settle for the Singapore solution of caning. Vandalize cars and we vandalize your buttocks.
They still cane ‘em in Singapore for exactly that offense. Just sayin’.
There’s probably only one way to solve this problem.
Lemme guess, it’s those darn Amish pranksters again. Boys be boys...
Phi Beta. Pastel Vineyard Vines shorts, weegums, and a pink polo with a pop collar. Goes by the name Kip.
Criminals generally aren’t too smart. But they can sure understand how things work if they pull this crap and get away with it.
Caning would be good too, at least two strokes per car.
121 cars in a single night? The Maryland cops had to be comatose. Most cars these days have an alarm system. I recently traded in a 2008 car that had an alarm system. Fast forward to today. Most car break ins are smash and grabs when the criminal sees wallets, purses, cell phones and etc in plain site..
Not familiar with Maryland demographic geography but I’m guessing Laurel is not considered the ‘hood? 🤔
Laurel, MD, is primarily remembered as the location of the George Wallace shooting in 1972.
You would be wrong.
He can’t be a juvenile thug — because he’s a “teen.”
Practical remedy: Double Amputation
40 lashes will kill anyone including a Narn.
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